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类型：爱情片
主演：弗雷德里克·马奇 伊夫琳·维纳布尔 盖伊·斯坦丁 凯瑟琳·亚历山大 吉
导演：米切尔·莱森
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介： Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained. [Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration. To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming. More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching. (Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk) In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it. (Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net) I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts. (Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org) See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
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类型：剧情片
主演：热拉尔·德帕迪约 芬妮·阿尔丹 亨利·加尔辛 米谢勒·鲍姆加特纳 罗杰
导演：弗朗索瓦·特吕弗
语言：法语
年代：未知
简介： 康德瑞（杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰）有一个人人羡慕的幸福家庭，尽管和妻子结婚多年，但两人的感情依旧甜蜜而牢固，不幸的是，这样的生活随着菲利普（亨利·加尔辛 Henri Garcin 饰）和马蒂尔德（芬妮·阿尔丹 Fanny Ardant 饰）夫妇的到来而画上了句点。 原来，马蒂尔德和康德瑞之间曾经有一段炽热而真挚的感情，但由于种种误会，两人最后未能开花结果，如今他们都已成婚，再次相见，两人心中五味杂陈。随着时间的推移，火苗开始在爱情的灰烬里重新燃起，马蒂尔德和康德瑞双双背叛了各自的家庭。没过多久，菲利普就发现了妻子的不忠，他强行带走了马蒂尔德，两人搬去了别处。悲伤的马蒂尔德无法承受又一次的分离，她的固执和极端为之后的悲剧埋下了伏笔。
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类型：剧情片
主演：费雯·丽 西蒙·西涅莱 何塞·费勒 李·马文 奥斯卡·威内尔 伊丽莎白
导演：斯坦利·克雷默
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介： 本片描述1933年德国的纳粹势力崛起时，在一艘由墨西哥驶往柏林的大客轮上发生了诸多荒谬可笑的事，反映出在特殊的时代氛围下大千世界的人生缩影。船员都是德国人，其中还包括船上的医生，他爱上了其中的一名女乘客。此外还有一个年轻的美国女孩，是和她爱着的男人一起旅行。对于其他乘客来说，神秘的珍妮令人琢磨不透，但是有一个著名的人物却引起了她的注意。 一九三三年德国纳粹崛起时，有一艘客轮自南美载客至柏林，本片就是描述船上各式各样的乘客在航行途中的生活片段。这是一部在大时代背景下的小缩影，剧本结构严密，对白精彩有力，而导演斯坦利．克雷默的执导手法沉稳而细腻，同时表现出时代洪流的冲突与乱世人生的无奈。演员费雯．丽、奥斯卡．沃纳、李．马文、乔治．席格等都演得十分成功，使这部群戏教人印象难忘。此片是费雯．丽的最后一部作品，她时年五十二岁。本片曾获最佳黑白片摄影、最佳黑白片艺术指导两项金像奖。
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类型：欧美剧
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介： Henry and the court go to the summit to sign the treaty with France. Tensions are understandably high, and tempers of both kings flare up more than once. Meanwhile, Henry takes on a new mistress named Mary Boleyn. He soon tires of her and her father summons her sister Anne to court and tells her to find a way to keep the king's interest.
